Divine Mercy: The Heart of the Gospel

Saint Luke: The Gospel of Divine Mercy 43 30 C. G. Montefiore, The Synoptic Gospel, volume II, (New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1968). 31 Sister M. Faustina Kowalska, op. cit., entry no. 1486. 32 Ibid., entry no. 1485, pp. 523-4. 33 Ibid., entry no. 1486, p. 525. 34 Pope John Paul II, op. cit., p. 13. 35 Sister M. Faustina Kowalska, op. cit., entry no. 1486, p. 525. 36 Ibid., entry no. 1728, p. 610. 37 “The best pagan philosophy (e.g., Aristotle) never explored fully the problem of person. The concept of ‘person’ is almost exclusively Christian, for it developed in the light of the mysteries of the Trinity and the Incarnation. These mysteries suggested the distinction between nature and person, which was the first conquest of Christian thought. The Scholastics (St. Thomas, Summa Theologica, I, q. 29, a. 1-2), fol­ lowing in the steps of the Fathers, elaborated a rich doctrine with var­ ied positions.” Pietro Parante, Antonio Piolanti, Salvatore Garofalo, Dictionary o f Dogmatic Theology, (Milwaukee, WI: Bruce Publishing, 1951), p. 215. 38 Green, McKnight, Marshall, op. cit., p. 542. 39 Kataphileo is used to describe the kissing with weeping done by the woman who washes Jesus’ feet in Luke 7: 36-50. 40 Sister M. Faustina Kowalska, op. cit., entry no. 1076, p. 404. 41 Ibid., entry no. 9 p. 7.